Essays 361 - 390
In four pages this paper examines the philosophical rhetoric associated with these 2 religious autobiographies. Five sources are ...
Sisyphus himself perceives his condition....
what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...
student who is writing about this topic should consider the ways in which the each author develops the philosophical journey of ea...
Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...
not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...
was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...
personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...
Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...
particularly when a known controversial figure assisted the act? What happened was that Thomas Youk was given a lethal injectio...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
Many contend that while God is all good, man has free will and brings the suffering on himself. At the same time, animals cannot r...
the idea that there are reasons for implementing law beyond the idea of just maintaining law and order. Other supporters of positi...
tendencies within society and the fact that people are far too concerned with their own well being to fend for those who cannot fe...
there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...
past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...
one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...
exist myriad philosophies by which people live their lives, which help maintain order and a sense of direction that otherwise woul...
Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...
He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...
himself, without mischief reaching at least to his near connexions, and often far beyond them"(Mills,9). John Stuart Mill seemed ...
are the natural order of things. Are there coincidences, or do no coincidences exist? Much again, has to do with how a person perc...
is anguish all the time, but there is also a sense of joy at the realization that one is inextricably bound with another. This sen...
to attain a better existence for itself, it has inadvertently caused a domino effect when it comes to such personal pursuits. It ...
the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...
Moltmann's ideas are used to incite discussion on time and space issues in this paper of fourteen pages with time defined and the ...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
refers to the textbook that you provided links to. The brief said to reference this book, but your links gave no indication of the...
a certain way. Yet, there are problems that come up in perception. For example, people perceive objects differently, and sometimes...
and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...